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not surprisingly both sides claimed victory. mitt romney's campaign said biden seemed off balance and strange. the president's team said the debate exposed the risk of electing a romney/ryan ticket. the candidatesalso disagreed over foreign policy. congressman ryan pointing to the death of four americans in libya as an indication of weakness abroad while biden said romney's campaign talks first before they know what the facts are. reporting live in danville, i'm randall pinkston. >>> that cbs news poll found the overall impressions of both vice presidential candidate improved after the debate. 55% think biden is somebody they can relate to. 48% think ryan is. both candidates on how uncommitted voters feel about them as being effective president. we break down last night's face off. >> reporter: joe biden came out very aggressive in this debate and maintained that tone throughout. to republicans he was rude. they were using the word unhinged, complaining about his smirking. for democrats it's exactly what they wanted to see. a we
not surprisingly both sides claimed victory. mitt romney's campaign said biden seemed off balance and strange. the president's team said the debate exposed the risk of electing a romney/ryan ticket. the candidatesalso disagreed over foreign policy. congressman ryan pointing to the death of four americans in libya as an indication of weakness abroad while biden said romney's campaign talks first before they know what the facts are. reporting live in danville, i'm randall pinkston. >>>...
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paul ryan to build on mitt romney's momentum. senior white house correspondent bill plante has more on that. bill, good evening. >> good evening, jeff, you know, the vice presidential debate is normally a kind of sideshow but this year it has the potential to be a major event. not only because the president didn't do very well in his debate last week, but also because of the contrast between the two candidates. >> it's biden versus ryan. >> oh, yeah, i better get ready for that. >> age -- >> this is deadly earnest. >> veruous youth. a great society liberal. >> yes, we're going to ask the wealthy to pay more. >> reporter: versus the tea party conservative. >> at a time when we have a jobs crisis in america, wouldn't it be nice to have a job creator in the white house? >> reporter: biden became a u.s. senator when ryan turned three. and ran for president twice. he's been on many debate stages before. >> there's nothing like standing up before 20, 30, 40, 50, 70 million people. >> reporter: but bidesen also a nonstop talker prone to
paul ryan to build on mitt romney's momentum. senior white house correspondent bill plante has more on that. bill, good evening. >> good evening, jeff, you know, the vice presidential debate is normally a kind of sideshow but this year it has the potential to be a major event. not only because the president didn't do very well in his debate last week, but also because of the contrast between the two candidates. >> it's biden versus ryan. >> oh, yeah, i better get ready for...
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the president leads romney by one point, 49% to 48%. that's according to a politico-george washington university battleground poll. nancy cordes is with the obama campaign in williamsburg, virginia. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning again to all of you. well, obama campaign officials are working very hard to send the signal that the president is buckling down here in williamsburg, taking debate prep more seriously than he did the first time around when he now famously called it a drag. he's hold up at a large sprawling golf resort in williamsburg, but he's not hitting the links. officials say about the only thing he's doing besides studying are eating, sleeping and hitting the gym. he did emerge yesterday for about a half hour to visit a local campaign office and drop off some pizzas. then he went back to the books. that's a big change from two weeks ago when he was preparing for the first debate at rae sort outside las vegas. he went sight seeing the the hoover dam. he held a big rally in vegas. none of that this time. a s
the president leads romney by one point, 49% to 48%. that's according to a politico-george washington university battleground poll. nancy cordes is with the obama campaign in williamsburg, virginia. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning again to all of you. well, obama campaign officials are working very hard to send the signal that the president is buckling down here in williamsburg, taking debate prep more seriously than he did the first time around when he now famously called...
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they are both old florida and new florida. >> ten seconds. is it going to hurt mitt romney? >> 80% of the congressional group is republican. connie mack is coming back. he is within five points. bill melson has never gotten to a 50% threshold. there's still a race to get. >> thank you both so much. >> thank you. >> president obama and mitt romney are both making big promises about taxes. can uncle sam afford either candidate's plans? that's next. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! woo-hoo!!! so that's
they are both old florida and new florida. >> ten seconds. is it going to hurt mitt romney? >> 80% of the congressional group is republican. connie mack is coming back. he is within five points. bill melson has never gotten to a 50% threshold. there's still a race to get. >> thank you both so much. >> thank you. >> president obama and mitt romney are both making big promises about taxes. can uncle sam afford either candidate's plans? that's next. i am probably...
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men under pressure governor romney building momentum after the first presidential dough bait. >> 50% said biden won, 31% said ryan won and 19% called it a tie. also in that poll 55% said biden is someone they can relate to. 21 points higher than before the debate. ryan's relatability went up 17 points to 48% and 85% said biden is knowledgeable about the issues and 75% said the same thing about paul ryan. jan crawford is at the debate site in danville, kentucky. jan, good morning. >> good morning, norah. good morning charlie. good morning to those of you in the west. the president tried to explain that lackluster performance at the debate of being too polite. the vice president surely can't say that about his performance last night. he came out of the block, never stopped. to the point republicans are now saying he interrupted paul ryan 82 times. >> with all due respect, that's a bunch of mularkey. >> the vice president appeared to take the president's advice. joe just needs to be joe. >> this is a bunch of stuff. look, here is the deal. >> biden's giant personality went into overdriv
men under pressure governor romney building momentum after the first presidential dough bait. >> 50% said biden won, 31% said ryan won and 19% called it a tie. also in that poll 55% said biden is someone they can relate to. 21 points higher than before the debate. ryan's relatability went up 17 points to 48% and 85% said biden is knowledgeable about the issues and 75% said the same thing about paul ryan. jan crawford is at the debate site in danville, kentucky. jan, good morning. >>...
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he and romney are both here in "high owe. we were at a rally in northeast ohio with 10,000 cheering people. they took the president's election chant and turned it back on him. >> i've been watching some of president obama's rallies and they chant four more years, four more years. today there are 28 days before the election. i think the right chant ought to be for them, four more weeks, four more weeks. >> four more weeks. four more weeks. >> reporter: romney argued the president to detract from his failed record is focusing on the small things instead of focusing on jobs and the economy. an example of a small thing, a big bird. >> so he's focused on saving big bird is kind of a strange thing in my view. i'm focused on helping the american people get good jobs and brighter prospects. >> reporter: across the state in columbus president obama was talking about big bird highlighting an issue in last week's debate when romney said one cut he would make to balance the budget was funding for public television. >> he's decided we're
he and romney are both here in "high owe. we were at a rally in northeast ohio with 10,000 cheering people. they took the president's election chant and turned it back on him. >> i've been watching some of president obama's rallies and they chant four more years, four more years. today there are 28 days before the election. i think the right chant ought to be for them, four more weeks, four more weeks. >> four more weeks. four more weeks. >> reporter: romney argued the...
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there is pressure on both men, congressman ryan to keep mitt romney's momentum going, and vice president biden to stop that momentum. the moderator tonight is martha raddatz, and for this debate the candidates will be seated at the table. >> good evening, and welcome to the first and only vice presidential debate of 2012s sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. i'm martha raddatz of abc news, and i am honored to moderate this debate between two moan who have dedicated much of their lives to public service. tonight's debate is divided between domestic and foreign policy issues. and i'm going to move back and forth between foreign and domestic since that is what a vice president or president would have to do. we will have nine different segments. at the beginning of each segment, i will ask both candidates a question, and they will each have two minutes to answer. then i will encourage a discussion between the candidates with follow-up questions. by coin toss, it has been determined that vice president biden will be first to answer the opening question. we have a wonderful aud
there is pressure on both men, congressman ryan to keep mitt romney's momentum going, and vice president biden to stop that momentum. the moderator tonight is martha raddatz, and for this debate the candidates will be seated at the table. >> good evening, and welcome to the first and only vice presidential debate of 2012s sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. i'm martha raddatz of abc news, and i am honored to moderate this debate between two moan who have dedicated much of...
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we both covered the campaign of george w. bush. when he was running he early on in the campaign projected he would have collin powell as his secretary of state. he was flanked by kissinger and secretary of state schultz. >> condoleezza rice. >> others to make him look like he was a foreign policy expert. who are romney's top foreign policy advisers. >> on the one hand you have john bolton, former ambassador to the united nations who's a neocon serbtive. considered very hard line. on the other hand you have robert zel ig, considered a realest. condoleezza rice has been adv e advising governor romney. he's getting advice from george schultz, secretary of state under reagan. that backs up david sanger's point. he's got a lot of people advicing him on foreign policy. so he can be in either one of those camps if you were to look at his advisers. >> john dickerson. thank you. >>> the former top security official for the u.s. ambassador to libya is testifying to congress this week. but sharyl at kistkisson spoke him on sunday. >> andrew w
we both covered the campaign of george w. bush. when he was running he early on in the campaign projected he would have collin powell as his secretary of state. he was flanked by kissinger and secretary of state schultz. >> condoleezza rice. >> others to make him look like he was a foreign policy expert. who are romney's top foreign policy advisers. >> on the one hand you have john bolton, former ambassador to the united nations who's a neocon serbtive. considered very hard...
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romney believes. there's a theme there that biden can work, which is the differences between the two. ryan has been quite specific in his career, the details of his specificity in the past are different from what romney believes now. if biden can exploit that and make it look like they're kind of fuzzing the numbers up and making it up as they go along and hiding their true intentions, that's really what the obama people are praying for in terms of a good outcome from this debate. >> john dickerson, thank you. >>> "fortune" magazine is out this morning with a new under-40 list. it ranks the top 40 innovators in various fields who are all under the age of, well, 40. mayo of yahoo is on the list, the youngest ceo. number two is mark zuckerberg, founder and ceo of facebook. the social network just hit 1 billion active users. and number one is larry page, co-founder and ceo of google, and his google partner, sergey brin, is also in the top five. and guess who else is on the list? we're feeling a little pr
romney believes. there's a theme there that biden can work, which is the differences between the two. ryan has been quite specific in his career, the details of his specificity in the past are different from what romney believes now. if biden can exploit that and make it look like they're kind of fuzzing the numbers up and making it up as they go along and hiding their true intentions, that's really what the obama people are praying for in terms of a good outcome from this debate. >> john...
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but mitt romney is staying in massachusetts. what both sides share tonight is i desire to deliver sharp performances in a race that remains razor thin. at hofstra university in new york, finishing touches for tuesday's town hall debate are underway. >> i brought some food. >> on a break from his debate preps in williamsberg, virginia, president obama brought pizza to his campaign workers and called supporters. >> i know you have been working hard for the campaign and i want to say how much i appreciate it. >> reporter: mitt romney huddled with his team in massachusetts while ryan shared his post election plans with the home town crowd in wisconsin. >> i'm going to sit in a tree stand with my 10-year-old daughter with her first deer hunt after we've just elected mitt romney the next president of the united states. >> reporter: new polls show this race is tightening. romney is ted to be leading 49% to the president's 48%. while politico finds romney ahead 50-48%. the real clear politics average of several polls puts the polls at 4
but mitt romney is staying in massachusetts. what both sides share tonight is i desire to deliver sharp performances in a race that remains razor thin. at hofstra university in new york, finishing touches for tuesday's town hall debate are underway. >> i brought some food. >> on a break from his debate preps in williamsberg, virginia, president obama brought pizza to his campaign workers and called supporters. >> i know you have been working hard for the campaign and i want to...
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. >> buckeye battleground, obama and romney both in ohio tonight. the state that matters most to republicans. first, romney kicks off the day at a family farm in iowa where he will be speaking minutes from now. and the battle over big bird, the president turns his attack into a punch line and a commercial, as sesame workshop and senator john mccain cried foul over the obama campaign's new bird ad. >> elmo is -- has been seen in a white suburban he's driving for the border. oscar is hide out in his trash can. we're cracking down on them. governor romney's plan is to let wall street run wild again but he's going to bring the hammer down on sesame street. >> one thing that president obama can't run on is his record, and so big bird, i guess, is a fun thing to talk about. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. president obama and mitt romney are heading back to ohio today in a very different situation than the last time they campaigned in the battleground state. the new pew poll know shows governor romney ahead among likely voters. it's th
. >> buckeye battleground, obama and romney both in ohio tonight. the state that matters most to republicans. first, romney kicks off the day at a family farm in iowa where he will be speaking minutes from now. and the battle over big bird, the president turns his attack into a punch line and a commercial, as sesame workshop and senator john mccain cried foul over the obama campaign's new bird ad. >> elmo is -- has been seen in a white suburban he's driving for the border. oscar is...
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romney. both of these candidates are very familiar with the town hall format, it's just that they haven't been doing it with their opponents sitting on stage waiting for the follow-up. mr. obama will be taking questions from the audience. he too will try to elm if a pa theisman and try to turn it around and use it on the president. the speed in which he does the pivot could determine whether he wins on style points let alone substance. >> shepard: interesting. both camps preeminent strike on candy crowley. >> she says she will allow a facilitation process. questions she will will have chosen herself in advance and that if the candidates in her words were to start talking about apples when the questions were about oranges, she will do a little bit of correction. now, some on both sides, the campaigns have suggested to the debate commission that there that they are a little concerned that her role was supposed to be reduced if not virtually nonexistent. no, i'm going to ask those questions, the
romney. both of these candidates are very familiar with the town hall format, it's just that they haven't been doing it with their opponents sitting on stage waiting for the follow-up. mr. obama will be taking questions from the audience. he too will try to elm if a pa theisman and try to turn it around and use it on the president. the speed in which he does the pivot could determine whether he wins on style points let alone substance. >> shepard: interesting. both camps preeminent strike...
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obama and romney both hunker down for one final day of debate prep. >> how is the debate prep going, sir? >> it is going great. >> now about a week ago i had a
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after a weekend limited brief sightings, mitt romney left church services, and today, both candidates are again studying quietly. president obama at this exclusive williamsburg, virginia, hotel, wrapping up what debate experts call the debate coaching. he took a trip to the hoover dam, today. not a single event planned. in massachusetts, it was about substance, including where to look, at the president, the moderator or the campaigner. aides tell nbc news the president will bring up romney's comments, seemingly to talk about the 47% of americans as victims. an admission in denver that puzzled supporters. both are trying to fend off questions that dog their campaign, the president on his administration's failure to add security, before the last month's attack on libya. >> this goes to the security professionals at the state department, but didn't come to the white house. >> reporter: romney, for vague explanations on the tax plan. >> i think the president understands the tax rate needs to come down. >> reporter: and heading into the match, the numbers show a dead heat. romney's strong
after a weekend limited brief sightings, mitt romney left church services, and today, both candidates are again studying quietly. president obama at this exclusive williamsburg, virginia, hotel, wrapping up what debate experts call the debate coaching. he took a trip to the hoover dam, today. not a single event planned. in massachusetts, it was about substance, including where to look, at the president, the moderator or the campaigner. aides tell nbc news the president will bring up romney's...
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to say romney has to be the bigger standard than obama. >> obama put up a plan. >> we have to end this here. you certainly make tonight more interesting. >> absolutely. the debate continues. nice to see both of you. >>> and we want to go now to an update i should say of that girl whose become a hero around the world. this 14-year-old girl shot by the pakistani taliban for speaking out against them. a source inside pakistan's intelligence community tells that two people including an important suspect are now in custody. the source would not say if either of them is the gunman. elizabeth palmer is reporting from islamabad. >> reporter: malala yousufzai is still unconscious, she's on a ventilator in a military hospital near islamabad. but a family friend scribes a brain scan is offering a ray of hope. a single bullet entered her head but only grazed her brain and lodged in her chest cavity. doctors did surgery to relieve the appreciate. the next 36 hours are critical to her survival and well being. all of pakistan is outraged at this act of violence. there's been vigils in schools and spe
to say romney has to be the bigger standard than obama. >> obama put up a plan. >> we have to end this here. you certainly make tonight more interesting. >> absolutely. the debate continues. nice to see both of you. >>> and we want to go now to an update i should say of that girl whose become a hero around the world. this 14-year-old girl shot by the pakistani taliban for speaking out against them. a source inside pakistan's intelligence community tells that two...
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what is the romney plan for turning the economy around? there were bits of that but es both of these candidates and i think the presidentials have the same issue for the most part they are more interested in talking about their own past or the other guy's past or bad things that the other guy would do in the future rather than a positive agenda for the future. >> rose: the other thing is, if any of you picked up on this, we had better economic numbers last friday, suggesting tha that maybe a recovery is underway, even though the numbers are still bad and even though looking at gdp growth it looks bad, but that does, does that some how play into this presidential race? if romney was basing his entire campaign on how that economy had been mismanaged and now it seems to be coming up, does it make it more difficult for mitt romney to make the economic argument? >> it does a little bit, you saw when joe biden brought up the secretly taped video of the 47 percent the responseÑi to 47 percent from ryan was, ten percent unemployment in scranton,
what is the romney plan for turning the economy around? there were bits of that but es both of these candidates and i think the presidentials have the same issue for the most part they are more interested in talking about their own past or the other guy's past or bad things that the other guy would do in the future rather than a positive agenda for the future. >> rose: the other thing is, if any of you picked up on this, we had better economic numbers last friday, suggesting tha that...
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. >> president obama today and mitt romney were both in ohio today. which has the biggest electoral fire -- the other guy needs to not lose it. the new cnn/opinion research poll out today research poll shows obama up by four, 51%/47% among likely voters. that poll was taken after the debate -- actually after the debate. before the debate obama had a wider margin. >> when you think about ohio. >> he said -- with el reinvented a dying auto industry, that supports one in eight ohio jobs and has come roaring back to the top of the world. >>> another big speaker joining the fight tonight, we don't have it yet. bill clinton will be in vegas, he's out there joining the campaign. what will be his role? >> i think bill clinton will play a big role. he has a way to generate that energy. the polls are showing there's still this gap that exists for a lot -- >> why can't he defend the president? >> that's a very curies thing. bill just has a way of sort of taking have convoluted stuff, issues, and breaking it down for folks. >> obama is a professor, a constitution
. >> president obama today and mitt romney were both in ohio today. which has the biggest electoral fire -- the other guy needs to not lose it. the new cnn/opinion research poll out today research poll shows obama up by four, 51%/47% among likely voters. that poll was taken after the debate -- actually after the debate. before the debate obama had a wider margin. >> when you think about ohio. >> he said -- with el reinvented a dying auto industry, that supports one in eight...
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mitt romney will have a much different agenda. there has to be some broad areas we can talk about. you know, all things being equal, we know the interest rate environment is going to stay the same. some of this is simplistic but i wanted to give viewer as couple guide posts on what to look for. i think it is good enough -- just take it for what it's worth. you don't have to act on it. but these are sectors. if obama wins -- larry and i spoke about an obama portfolio, what would that be? well, you know, hmo and insurance stocks. okay if president obama wins a second term, no matter whether republicans take house or senate, they will will not be able to reverse obama care. homs and insurance -- hmo's and insurance stocks -- you want those because obama care is going to force you into buying insurance and hmo's will do well. there's some other things you can do. a lot of people say, you know, obama's bearish for the markets, probably bearish for the economy because he's going to raise taxes, you name it, they say get into some defensive stocks as well, food makers and booze, anheuser-
mitt romney will have a much different agenda. there has to be some broad areas we can talk about. you know, all things being equal, we know the interest rate environment is going to stay the same. some of this is simplistic but i wanted to give viewer as couple guide posts on what to look for. i think it is good enough -- just take it for what it's worth. you don't have to act on it. but these are sectors. if obama wins -- larry and i spoke about an obama portfolio, what would that be? well,...
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the role of the vice president has changed considerably, and i would give credit to both romney and obama for picking a vice presidential nominee that not only could help them get elected but could help them govern. i think these are both, to a degree, responsible selections in that respect. i think no matter who wins, we will see either ryan for biden -- or biden play a significant role over the next four years. >> we are previewing the upcoming debate in danville, kentucky, and throwing in some vice-presidential trivia all along the way. let me share with you one of the mamas from 2010 during the height of the health-care debate, a meeting that took place at blair house across the street from the white house, and comments by then congressman ryan on the health care bill and the vice-president. >> the bill has 10 years of tax increases, about $500 billion, with 10 years of medicare cuts, about $500 billion, to pay for six years of spending. what is the true 10-year cost of this bill? in 10 years, that is $2.3 trillion. it does a couple of other things -- it takes $52 billion in higher so
the role of the vice president has changed considerably, and i would give credit to both romney and obama for picking a vice presidential nominee that not only could help them get elected but could help them govern. i think these are both, to a degree, responsible selections in that respect. i think no matter who wins, we will see either ryan for biden -- or biden play a significant role over the next four years. >> we are previewing the upcoming debate in danville, kentucky, and throwing...
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they both raised around $115 million in august. here's the hall. the romney campaign hasn't released their september numbers just yet. the president ended the week with a romantic dinner with his wife. wednesday was their 20th anniversary, but, of course, he spent that night debating romney. they got away to the four seasons hotel to celebrate, the anniversary, not at the debate. romney has been reaching out to voters in the crucial swing state this weekend. a lot of the talk has been centered on taxes and health care but he's also taken time to talk about his sin expirations and the people he's met on the campaign trail. >> i met someone named jane horton. she also suffered tragedy in her life. her husband christopher was killed in afghanistan as she was packing up a care package when a knock came at the door that he was tragically killed there. what did she do? she didn't fall into sadness and despair, but instead went to work to help other families that had lost loved ones and served our nation. she went to the funeral for her husband when his r
they both raised around $115 million in august. here's the hall. the romney campaign hasn't released their september numbers just yet. the president ended the week with a romantic dinner with his wife. wednesday was their 20th anniversary, but, of course, he spent that night debating romney. they got away to the four seasons hotel to celebrate, the anniversary, not at the debate. romney has been reaching out to voters in the crucial swing state this weekend. a lot of the talk has been centered...
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what happened basically and i don't think it was covered enough was that romney for a very large to read ran out of money because he had spent all his money on the primaries and a lot of super pac money but he really did not have a lot of money. obama had it sitting on this war chest and he thought it was going to be much bigger than romney's. the reason that obama overwhelmed romney with those ads between april and august when as charlie said he was able to demonize the out of touch plutocrat is because of the fact that he got a huge advantage of money and they could not spend general election money although they were spending all treasury of it until he had literally not only been nominated but accepted the nomination in late august so that is one place where money was important. >> let me go january to april. the republican nomination win a lot longer than it would have because you had mezzanine financing in in the way of super pacs basically providing money to santorum when he needed it, gingrich when he needed and actually romney when he needed it and the kathie republican nominatio
what happened basically and i don't think it was covered enough was that romney for a very large to read ran out of money because he had spent all his money on the primaries and a lot of super pac money but he really did not have a lot of money. obama had it sitting on this war chest and he thought it was going to be much bigger than romney's. the reason that obama overwhelmed romney with those ads between april and august when as charlie said he was able to demonize the out of touch plutocrat...
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both campaigns know the stakes are enormous. according to a new poll out this morning, president obama leads mitt romney, 49% to 46% among likely voters. there is encouraging news for romney. 59% of his supporters are strongly enthusiastic behind him. the president was in williamsburg, virginia, getting ready for tuesday's showdown. >> how is the debate prep going, sir? >> it is going great. >> reporter: the performance in the first debate was damaging. the president will be more aggressive this time. >> i think he'll make some adjustments on tuesday. >> reporter: mitt romney has been holding debate sessions outside boston. >> think president obama will come out swinging. he'll have to compensate for a poor first debate. >> reporter: both campaigns are focusing on ohio, where they're hoping to reach undecided voters like brenda. she voted for him in 2008 but he hasn't sealed the deal this year. >> i'm disappointed. think he made a lot of promises that haven't been kept. >> but you're not sold on governor rney yet? >> no, not yet
both campaigns know the stakes are enormous. according to a new poll out this morning, president obama leads mitt romney, 49% to 46% among likely voters. there is encouraging news for romney. 59% of his supporters are strongly enthusiastic behind him. the president was in williamsburg, virginia, getting ready for tuesday's showdown. >> how is the debate prep going, sir? >> it is going great. >> reporter: the performance in the first debate was damaging. the president will be...
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parties. >> governor romney says this has to be done in a bipartisan basis. this is a bipartisan idea. this was a republican idea. governor romney at the beginning of this debate broke and said, what we did in massachusetts could be a model for the nation. i agree that the democratic legislators in massachusetts might be giving advice to republicans in congress about how to cooperate. but the fact of the matter is, we used the same advisers and they say it's the same plan. when governor romney talks about this board, for example, unelected board that we have created, what this is is a group of health care expert, doctors, et cetera, to figure out how can we reduce the cost of care in the system overall? because there are two ways of dealing with our health care crisis. one is to simply leave a whole bunch of people uninsured and let them fend for themselves, to let businesses figure out how long they can continue to pay premiums until they finally give up and the workers are no longer getting insured. and that's been the trend line. or, alternatively, we can
parties. >> governor romney says this has to be done in a bipartisan basis. this is a bipartisan idea. this was a republican idea. governor romney at the beginning of this debate broke and said, what we did in massachusetts could be a model for the nation. i agree that the democratic legislators in massachusetts might be giving advice to republicans in congress about how to cooperate. but the fact of the matter is, we used the same advisers and they say it's the same plan. when governor...
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they are both old florida and new florida. >> ten seconds. is it going to hurt mitt romney? >> two-thirds of state legislature is republican, 80% of the congressional group is republican. connie mack is coming back. he is within five points. bill nelson has never gotten to a 50% threshold. there's still a race to get. >> thank you both so much. >> thank you. >> president obama and mitt romney are both making big promises about taxes. can uncle sam afford either candidate's plans? that's next. i was skeptical at first. but after awhile even my girlfriend noticed a difference. [ male announcer ] rogaine is proven to help stop hair loss. and for 85% of guys, it regrew hair. save up to 42% now at rogaine.com. begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. yeah, i'm looking to save, but i'm not sure which policy is right for me. you should try our coverage checker. it helps you see if you have too much coverage or not enough, making it easier to get what you n
they are both old florida and new florida. >> ten seconds. is it going to hurt mitt romney? >> two-thirds of state legislature is republican, 80% of the congressional group is republican. connie mack is coming back. he is within five points. bill nelson has never gotten to a 50% threshold. there's still a race to get. >> thank you both so much. >> thank you. >> president obama and mitt romney are both making big promises about taxes. can uncle sam afford either...
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both are sure to come up. on taxes, the obama campaign says that if you run the numbers mitt romney's plan for cutting taxes just doesn't work. romney insists, of course, that it does. so we asked wyatt andrews to dig into this. >> it's math. it's arithmetic. >> reporter: the president's basic claim is that mitt romney's tax numbers do not add up. that romney's promise to lower tax rates for all families can't be paid for without cutting popular tax deductions for middle-class families. last week, the vice president was specific. >> the only way you can find $5 trillion in loopholes is cut the mortgage deduction for middle-class people. >> reporter: romney argues that lower rates will stimulate the economy and he is emphatic the middle-class will not pay. >> i will not under any circumstances raise taxes on ncome families. >> reporter: romney's plan starts by lowering tax rates 20% for everyone. it's a major tax cut that the non-partisan tax policy center says will cost the federal budget $480 billion a year,
both are sure to come up. on taxes, the obama campaign says that if you run the numbers mitt romney's plan for cutting taxes just doesn't work. romney insists, of course, that it does. so we asked wyatt andrews to dig into this. >> it's math. it's arithmetic. >> reporter: the president's basic claim is that mitt romney's tax numbers do not add up. that romney's promise to lower tax rates for all families can't be paid for without cutting popular tax deductions for middle-class...
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both men campaigned in ohio tuesday. jan crawford is covering the romney campaign in akron. good morning, jan. >> reporter: good morning, anthony, norah. this is a state that romney really needs to win. he's spending four days here this week. we were at a rally here in northeast ohio last night. there were about 10,000 people there and they took the president's re-election chance and turned it on him. >> i've been watching some of president obama's rallies and they chant four more years, four more years and today there are 28 days before the election. i think the right chant ought to be for them is four more weeks. four more weeks. >> reporter: romney argued the president to detract from his failed record is focusing on the small things and instead of focusing on jobs and the economy an example of a small thing a big bird. >> he's focused on saving big bird is kind of a strange thing in my view because you see i'm focused on helping the american people get good jobs and brighter prospects. >> reporter: across the state in columbus, president obama was talking about big bird,
both men campaigned in ohio tuesday. jan crawford is covering the romney campaign in akron. good morning, jan. >> reporter: good morning, anthony, norah. this is a state that romney really needs to win. he's spending four days here this week. we were at a rally here in northeast ohio last night. there were about 10,000 people there and they took the president's re-election chance and turned it on him. >> i've been watching some of president obama's rallies and they chant four more...
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so it's an enormously complex situation the issue romney raised is not illegitimate, it's all in the execution. >> rose: the question that remains for both administrations, is there a policy to look at the rise of the consequences of the arab spring and islamist governments? whether it's libya or syria or tunisia or egypt or other countries sdoshgs either of these candidates lay out a kind of strategic policy that's wise for the united states and a role to play that will be constructive? >> so foreign policy, you know, really, for the most part, has been largely absent from this campaign. i would argue the main reason for that, charlie, is that obama has i think conducted a quite efficient foreign policy. it hasn't been heroic but it's not a heroic age. i think hi he's basically kept the country safe and i don't think this is the time when americans are looking after two exusti and incredibly costly wars in the middle east to be making big foreign policy initiatives. now, that said, we do have the arab spring and things happen on your watch, you've got to respond to them. and for my
so it's an enormously complex situation the issue romney raised is not illegitimate, it's all in the execution. >> rose: the question that remains for both administrations, is there a policy to look at the rise of the consequences of the arab spring and islamist governments? whether it's libya or syria or tunisia or egypt or other countries sdoshgs either of these candidates lay out a kind of strategic policy that's wise for the united states and a role to play that will be constructive?...